This is madness! BF Goodrich 35" tires at 80 psi?!?
Originally Posted by rms8
When my Pirelli's wear out, I was seriously wanting to get this exact same tire (BFG 285/65-20). I just find it hard spending $1600
for a set of tires when a brand new set of the Pirelli Scorpions would be around $500-600 max!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would those 285/65-20's fit with just a 1.5" Autospring spacer? The shorter the spacer, the better as far as I'm concerned.
for a set of tires when a brand new set of the Pirelli Scorpions would be around $500-600 max!!!!!!!!!!!!Would those 285/65-20's fit with just a 1.5" Autospring spacer? The shorter the spacer, the better as far as I'm concerned.

Just one thing to consider... The less flex the tire does when going down the road, the less rolling resistance. This equates to better gas mileage. When I got my '99 the tires were filled to 35psi. They howled going down the road (mud grips grabbing the asphault) and I got about 12mpg. I air'd them up to max sidewall of 50psi and not only do they not make the noise anymore, but I also went up to around 14mpg.
Originally Posted by MercedesTech
Kinda an "anyone" question. Wondering if you guys running 40 psi have load range E tires, and if so if your seeing any odd wearing on them.
My boss has E range Nittos on his 2500HD (Duramax) as does another one of my buddies (6.0L). I know that my bosses truck has 60psi up front and 45 in the rear (I just checked them the other day) this is for the winter since he is never hauling or towing, in the summer I believe that he pumps them up to 65-70 in both front and rear. The tires are wearing great over 15000 miles and they look very good.
My buddy is running something like 50 front and 40 rear in his truck he never, ever hauls or tows anything bigger than his wheeler. He only has 3-4000 miles on his tires so I don't know how they are wearing.
Wow, thanks for all the input guys! I tried running my tires at 55, 45 & 40 psi while out driving today, and I gotta say that 40 psi felt the best to me out of them all. I think it feeling better at 40 instead of 45 psi might have something to do with my 20" wheels, but I can DEFINITELY say there was a noticeable difference.
Again, thanks for all the input! Pics soon to follow! (As soon as it stops raining here!)
Again, thanks for all the input! Pics soon to follow! (As soon as it stops raining here!)


